Including Solid wall while post processing

sunilpatil · October 30, 2015, 08:18

Hello Every one,
I have solved a case where fluid flows inside a tube. For better representation of results I want to include transparent solid wall surrounding the tube (pipe with thickness) in CFD post. Is there any way to do this in CFD post.
For example figure please see the attached image

http://s26.postimg.org/u2ej0l6m1/CFD_online.jpg

Thank you in advance

evcelica · October 30, 2015, 09:08

Well depending on how extravagant you want to get, (your attached image is much more complex than your description)
You could check the box for your wall boundary in post in the tree at the top, which will color it blue by default. Then you can change the color and transparency. You may be able to do some instance transforming and scaling to give it thickness if you need.

For something really extravagant like your attached image, the only thing I can think of is just using that image as a background, and showing the flow streamlines on top of that, and lining them up together.

Not ideal I know, just throwing some thoughts out there.
Hopefully someone has better ideas than I.
Good luck!

singer1812 · October 30, 2015, 10:01

You need to embed your pic into the post. Alot of people cant get to outside sites to see that image (me included).

sunilpatil · December 25, 2015, 04:34

Hello every one,
I have solved this problem.
The steps which I have followed are
1. Create your CFD domain mesh (ICEM or WORKBENCH)
2. Create mesh for your solid part also (no need to worry about element quality and all) (ICEM or WORKBENCH)
3. Import both the mesh in CFX-pre and define interfaceface between solid and fluid part
4.Solve it and you will get both the domains in CFD Post

October 30, 2015, 08:18	Including Solid wall while post processing	#1
sunilpatil Senior Member sunil Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Bangalore Posts: 179 Rep Power: 13	Hello Every one, I have solved a case where fluid flows inside a tube. For better representation of results I want to include transparent solid wall surrounding the tube (pipe with thickness) in CFD post. Is there any way to do this in CFD post. For example figure please see the attached image http://s26.postimg.org/u2ej0l6m1/CFD_online.jpg Thank you in advance

December 25, 2015, 04:34		#4
sunilpatil Senior Member sunil Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Bangalore Posts: 179 Rep Power: 13	Hello every one, I have solved this problem. The steps which I have followed are 1. Create your CFD domain mesh (ICEM or WORKBENCH) 2. Create mesh for your solid part also (no need to worry about element quality and all) (ICEM or WORKBENCH) 3. Import both the mesh in CFX-pre and define interfaceface between solid and fluid part 4.Solve it and you will get both the domains in CFD Post Last edited by sunilpatil; December 25, 2015 at 04:36. Reason: spelling mistakes

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October 30, 2015, 09:08		#2
evcelica Senior Member Erik Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Earth (Land portion) Posts: 1,167 Rep Power: 23	Well depending on how extravagant you want to get, (your attached image is much more complex than your description) You could check the box for your wall boundary in post in the tree at the top, which will color it blue by default. Then you can change the color and transparency. You may be able to do some instance transforming and scaling to give it thickness if you need. For something really extravagant like your attached image, the only thing I can think of is just using that image as a background, and showing the flow streamlines on top of that, and lining them up together. Not ideal I know, just throwing some thoughts out there. Hopefully someone has better ideas than I. Good luck!

October 30, 2015, 10:01		#3
singer1812 Senior Member Edmund Singer P.E. Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 511 Rep Power: 20	You need to embed your pic into the post. Alot of people cant get to outside sites to see that image (me included).